"Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that ...
Those who do not weep, do not see.
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"Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
"Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.
"The sole social evil is darkness; humanity is identity, for all men are made of the same clay.
"Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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"Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
"It is not enough to be happy, one must be content.
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